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The Hill reports that Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state lawmaker, is projected to win Alaska's governor's office, according to Decision Desk HQ. Per that projection, he defeated Republican Bernadette Wilson and two other candidates in the state's four-way, ranked-choice general election. The Hill notes this would make him the first Democrat to win the office in more than 20 years.
Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state legislator, has won the Alaska governor's race, flipping the office from Republican control and becoming the first Democrat elected governor of the state since 1998, with Newsweek reporting he received more than 50 percent of first-choice votes. Kreiss-Tomkins, 37, campaigned on bipartisanship, affordability, and public school funding, and NPR reports he will be the youngest governor in Alaska's history.
